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100

This president was in office during the Panic of 1837

Martin Van Buren

100

This actress famously said, "Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night."

Bette Davis

100

This Shakespeare play features Rosencrantz and Guildenstern

Hamlet

100
What U.S. state has the longest coastline?

Alaska

100

In Roman numerals, what does "L" represent?

50

200

The U.S. acquired Florida from this country in 1819

Spain

200

Cary Grant starred alongside Grace Kelly in this Hitchcock film set on the French Riviera

To Catch a Thief

200

The word "et cetera" is abbreviated this way

Etc.

200

What river flows through the Grand Canyon?

Colorado River

200

What is the only U.S. state ending in the letter "K"?

New York

300

This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Main as a free state

Missouri Compromise

300

This actor played both Spartacus and Doc Holliday

Kirk Douglas

300

This American author created Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Mark Twain

300

What country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

France

300

What is the only U.S. state that borders just one other state?

Maine

400

This president survived an assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr.

Ronald Reagan

400

This 1948 film starred Humphrey Bogart and Walter Huston searching for gold

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

400

A word with the opposite meaning of another word is called this

Antonym

400

What is the only continent located in all four hemispheres?

Africa

400

This scientist proposed the three laws of motion

Isaac Newton

500

The Pendleton Act reformed this part of government

Civil service/jobs patronage system

500

This actress won an Oscar for The Miracle Worker

Anne Bancroft

500

This dystopian novel introduced "Big Brother"

1984

500

What U.S. state capital is farther west than Los Angeles?

Juneau, Alaska

500

What is the rarest blood type?

AB Negative